Ethnicity and the Media Flashcards
When ethnic minorities are in the media, what are they based on?
Stereotypical views which may be reinforced/maintained by the media
Explain the stereotype Van Dijk found regarding ethnic minorities as them being criminal
Afro Caribbeans - represented as being drug dealers and using violence to protect their territories
What did Hall et al’s study show regarding the stereotype of criminal?
How a moral panic regarding black muggers criminalised and also helped to ignore social inequalities but increased policing in that area
What did Philo and Slaby find in regards to the stereotype Van Dijk found as them being a threat to British culture?
Immigration as being portrayed as being a large threat and used certain vocabulary, such as flood, to do this
Daily Mail headline - ‘tidal wave of migrants could be the biggest threat to Europe since the way’
What did Whittaker find in regards to the stereotype Van Dijk found as them being a threat to British culture?
Ethnic minorities were stereotyped in the media as being intolerant, misogynist, violent/cruel and strange
What did Van Dijk find iwthin the mass media?
White lives were more important than non-white lives - Ligali supports this argument
Name an example to support Van Dijks findings within the mass media
Beirut bombings - killed around 30 people, worst terrorist attack In Lebanon since Lebanese war
Paris attacks the next day - overshadowed Beirut
Why may the Paris attacks getting more coverage be unintentional?
Paris - closer to England so would have been easier to cover
Name an example against the Paris attacks
Murder of Stephen Lawrence - largely covered, still ongoing now around 22 years later
How have Channel 4 and the BBC been attempting to change these stereotypes?
By having websites regarding the Asian culture so more people can learn about it
What is Tokenism?
Can reinforce stereotypical views
Is where EMs are added because the media companies feel they should - present them in minor parts which include their stereotypes
Stella - EM are cleaners, pub landlord and village shop owner
